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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Aesculap Ag, Tuttlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Stephan Lindner, Wurmlingen, DE;
Sven Krüger, Trossingen, DE;
Assignee:
Aesculap AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7032 (2013.01); A61B 17/7037 (2013.01); A61B 17/7086 (2013.01); A61B 17/7091 (2013.01); A61B 2090/037 (2016.02);
Abstract
A surgical fastening element for a spinal column stabilization system includes at least two fastening elements and at least one connecting element, the surgical fastening element including a fastening section, a holding section with a connecting element receptacle, and a fixing element fixable on the holding section for fixing the connecting element in the connecting element receptacle. The fixing element carries a holding down element for holding the connecting element down in the connecting element receptacle.